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G. W. P RENTIOE. METHOD OF ATTAGHING BUTTONS. No. 286,732. Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

GEORGE W. PRENTICE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

METHOD OF ATTACHIN G BUTTONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,732, dated October 16, 1883.

Application filed November 13. 1882. (No model To all? whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, .GEORGE W. PRENTIOE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Method of Attaching Buttons to Fabrics, 850.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifica tion.

My invention has for its object to provide a simplified and novel method of attaching buttons to fabrics or other materials; and it consists, essentially, in first passing the prongs of a metallic fastener or connection having prongs of unequal length through the fabric or material to which the button is to be attached from the under side thereof, then bending or upsetting the shorter prong upon or into the upper surface of said material, and then curving or deflecting the longer prong of the metallic fastener through the eye or shank of the but: ton, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically designated in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 3 represent the form of fastener used in carrying out my invention; and Figs. 2 and 4 represent the method of attaching a button to a fabric therewith.

Similar letters of reference indicate likepart-s In the operation of attaching a buttouto the fabric or material, the prongs of the said metallic fastener are first pushed through the material from the under surface thereof, and, by 5 means of a suitable setting-instrument employed for the purpose, the shorter prong, b, is then upset or bent down upon or into the upper surface of the material to form a retaining plate or table, as fully shown in Fig. 4, while the longer prong, a, is then bent or curved around or through the eye or shank of the button to complete the fastening, as fully shown in Fig. 2.

By means of my improved method a most it may be attached, a smooth and even finish at the same time being secured upon the under surface of sa fabric.

Having t [.escribed my invention, what I claim as m arid useful is- That improvement in the art of attaching 6;;

buttons to fabrics or other materials consist ing in passing the prongs of the fastenenwhich are of unequal length, through the material from the under side, upsetting the short prong on the outer surface of the said material, and 76 then bending the long prong through the shank of the button, all substantially as and'for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W". PRENTIGE.

IVitnesses F.-A. SMITH, Jr., GEo. A. MUMFORD. 

